Private airlines, including those who have closed down, have a due of Rs 526 crore towards the state-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) till December last year.
'The total traffic and non-traffic dues of private airlines as on 31 December 2012 amounts to Rs 526.75 crores to the AAI,' K C Venugopal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Of these, Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines has a due of Rs 295.50 crore, Jet Airways has Rs 82.17 crore while its subsidiary JetLite has Rs 27.62 crores.
Kalanithi Maran-owned SpiceJet owes Rs 58.77 crore, InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo) owes Rs 9.26 crore and GoAir has a due of Rs 8.55 crore to the AAI, he said.Among the airlines, which have shut down, East West Airways owes Rs 14.15 crore, Paramount Rs 4.80 crore, Mesco Airlines Rs 2.49 crore, Skyline NEPC Damania Airlines Rs 1.35 crore, NEPC Airlines Rs 3.04 crore while others owe Rs 19.05 crore to the AAI.
The Minister said dues from privately-owned airlines are monitored on regular basis and in case of delay, the AAI issues notices to the airlines to settle the dues.
The AAI also charges penal interest on the delay in the settlement of these bills. In cases where delay persists, besides encashing the security amount the defaulting airlines are put on cash and carry basis, he added.
While replying to a separate question, Venugopal said 60 incidents of airprox, when aircraft come close to each other breaching their required separation distance, were reported in the country since 2010.In 2010 and 2011, 21 such incidents were reported, he said. Last year there was a drop in airprox incidents and only 15 were reported but this year till January three incidents have been reported, he added.
WE GOT APPLICATIONS FROM 15 PRIVATE FIRMS TO START REGIONAL AIRLINES: GOVT
The Centre on Wednesday said it has received application from 15 private companies for starting regional airlines services but none from any of the state governments in the last three years.
Since 2010, the Civil Aviation Ministry has granted permission to nine companies to begin their services.‘ No application from any state government to start a new airlines has been received in the ministry during the said period (since 2010 till date),’ K C Venugopal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, told Lok Sabha in reply to a written query.
In 2010, five applications were received and permission granted to three of the companies; in 2011, four companies had applied and three were given nod to operate.In 2012, there were five applications and four were cleared, while this year only one company has applied so far, he said.Replying to a separate question, the minister said there are 463 airports and airstrips in the country of which only 281 are operational.
Of the total airports and airstrips, 97 are of Airports Authority of India (AAI), 138 of Defence, 161 belongs to state governments, six are in joint venture and 61 are private.Of the 281 operational airports and airstrips, 65 are of AAI, 90 of Defence, 67 of state governments, 53 of private and six are of joint ventures.
On a query of the number of aircraft in the country, Venugopal said as on 31 December, 2012, there were 390 aircraft which have operating permits.Of these, Air India has 99 planes, Air India Charters and Alliance Air 22 each, Jet Airways 96, JetLite 15, SpiceJet 48, IndiGo 62, GoAir 13, Blue Dart 8, Deccan Cargo and recently launched Religare Aviation's Air Mantra have two each and Quikjet has only one aircraft.
'The total traffic and non-traffic dues of private airlines as on 31 December 2012 amounts to Rs 526.75 crores to the AAI,' K C Venugopal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Of these, Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines has a due of Rs 295.50 crore, Jet Airways has Rs 82.17 crore while its subsidiary JetLite has Rs 27.62 crores.
Kalanithi Maran-owned SpiceJet owes Rs 58.77 crore, InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo) owes Rs 9.26 crore and GoAir has a due of Rs 8.55 crore to the AAI, he said.Among the airlines, which have shut down, East West Airways owes Rs 14.15 crore, Paramount Rs 4.80 crore, Mesco Airlines Rs 2.49 crore, Skyline NEPC Damania Airlines Rs 1.35 crore, NEPC Airlines Rs 3.04 crore while others owe Rs 19.05 crore to the AAI.
The Minister said dues from privately-owned airlines are monitored on regular basis and in case of delay, the AAI issues notices to the airlines to settle the dues.
The AAI also charges penal interest on the delay in the settlement of these bills. In cases where delay persists, besides encashing the security amount the defaulting airlines are put on cash and carry basis, he added.
While replying to a separate question, Venugopal said 60 incidents of airprox, when aircraft come close to each other breaching their required separation distance, were reported in the country since 2010.In 2010 and 2011, 21 such incidents were reported, he said. Last year there was a drop in airprox incidents and only 15 were reported but this year till January three incidents have been reported, he added.
WE GOT APPLICATIONS FROM 15 PRIVATE FIRMS TO START REGIONAL AIRLINES: GOVT
The Centre on Wednesday said it has received application from 15 private companies for starting regional airlines services but none from any of the state governments in the last three years.
Since 2010, the Civil Aviation Ministry has granted permission to nine companies to begin their services.‘ No application from any state government to start a new airlines has been received in the ministry during the said period (since 2010 till date),’ K C Venugopal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, told Lok Sabha in reply to a written query.
In 2010, five applications were received and permission granted to three of the companies; in 2011, four companies had applied and three were given nod to operate.In 2012, there were five applications and four were cleared, while this year only one company has applied so far, he said.Replying to a separate question, the minister said there are 463 airports and airstrips in the country of which only 281 are operational.
Of the total airports and airstrips, 97 are of Airports Authority of India (AAI), 138 of Defence, 161 belongs to state governments, six are in joint venture and 61 are private.Of the 281 operational airports and airstrips, 65 are of AAI, 90 of Defence, 67 of state governments, 53 of private and six are of joint ventures.
On a query of the number of aircraft in the country, Venugopal said as on 31 December, 2012, there were 390 aircraft which have operating permits.Of these, Air India has 99 planes, Air India Charters and Alliance Air 22 each, Jet Airways 96, JetLite 15, SpiceJet 48, IndiGo 62, GoAir 13, Blue Dart 8, Deccan Cargo and recently launched Religare Aviation's Air Mantra have two each and Quikjet has only one aircraft.